Winds shift fan Sydney area wildfires darken skies
Wildfires outside Sydney exploded as winds shifted and gusting up to unknown speeds drove flames across southeast Australia for over a week. Four people were killed including two firefighters and more than 60 hospitalized. thousands evacuated as 136 fires burned along a 600 mile coast. Helicopters dropped water while crews burned litter to slow the blazes. rain was forecast but storms risked lightning.
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Evacuation ordered for Jewish students in Jericho building
Egyptian and Israeli authorities ordered the evacuation of 20 Jewish students from a Jericho building that housed an ancient synagogue and lacked water and electricity as negotiators prepared to resume talks on withdrawal from Jericho and the Gaza Strip.
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Turk Receives 26-Year Term for Killing Reporters
Hasim Ciftci, a Turkish man, was sentenced to 26 years in a northern Iraq court for the 1991 murders of British reporters Nick Della Casa and Charles Maxwell. He confessed saying the reporters refused to pay the promised translator fee.
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Turkey
Iraq
Hasim Ciftci
Nick Della Casa
Charles Maxwell
Crown jewels moved to new Jewel House at Tower of London
The crown jewels were wrapped Sunday and carried up 49 steps to a new bomb proof display in the Tower of London. Some 20 000 jewels including the world’s largest diamond are now viewable in the Jewel House with Queen Elizabeth II set to open the display on March 24. In Mogadishu, a pregnant woman was shot dead by U.S. snipers as she prepared for afternoon prayers at a tea stand,Hospital officials said the eight month pregnant Halima Khalif Ibrahim died along with her fetus.
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Britain
Tower of London
Mogadishu
Somalia
U.S
Halima Khalif Ibrahim
NASA Mars Observer flight change linked to probe loss
Seven months before launch NASA altered Mars Observer pressurization timing delaying tank pressurization from after launch to 11 months later to avoid leaks. Officials say the valves were not designed for the changed conditions, likely causing a catastrophic fuel-line rupture and loss of the $500 million spacecraft. Project manager Glenn Cunningham confirmed the plan change.
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Washington Post
Washington
NASA
Red Planet
Mars
Glenn Cunningham
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Cold snap cuts power. at least one death in Appalachians
In Charleston West Virginia residents and workers at Tender Heart Home Care used kerosene and generator powered heaters to stay warm as a cold snap and heavy snow hindered power restoration. An off duty Milwaukee officer, Robert G Olde 50, died of probable hypothermia. About 17600 West Virginia power customers remained without electricity. Snow and ice caused widespread outages since Tuesday with up to 30 inches of snow.
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W.va
Tender Heart Home Care
Milwaukee
Robert G. Olde
Joseph Purpero
West Virginia
Monongahela Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
Clintons' Whitewater share sale tied to tax losses
James McDougal, a friend and former partner in Arkansas real estate, says he sought to buy out the Clintons’ 50 percent Whitewater share as early as 1986 to exploit tax losses after a $145,000 net loss. He recalls Clinton willing to sell, but Hillary opposed after discussion.
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Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Clintons
Whitewater Development Corp
McDougal
Susan
Bill
Hillary
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McDougals
Whitewater
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Christian Coalition and Perot to recruit via television
The Christian Coalition plans a $1 million telethon aiming to add 500000 members by the November elections. Ross Perot's United We Stand America intends a six week TV drive from March to tax day April 15. Perot will convene 50 state executives and chairs for a Dallas conference in early February.
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Ross Perot
United We Stand America Organization
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